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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60R 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A protector structure for an underfloor component includes an underfloor component that is a high-voltage component or a fuel tank disposed under a floor of a vehicle, a boarding and alighting step disposed further laterally outward with respect to the underfloor component, and a protection member disposed between the underfloor component and the boarding and alighting step. The protection member includes a contact wall that laterally faces the boarding and alighting step and that is inclined laterally inward as the contact wall extends downward.